November 2012
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Topic of the Week: My 2,000th Post and a Look Back
It took more than 6 years to get here, but this post is my 2,000th. And on those 2,000 posts, you’ve left…
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Interesting Notes About Delta’s Service in Africa
Delta recently sent around a PDF file internally talking about the airline’s Africa service, and a Delta employee sent it over to…
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Southwest Continues Cutting Atlanta, Delta Must Be Thrilled
Remember when Southwest announced it was taking over AirTran and people immediately thought Delta was in trouble in Atlanta? Hah. Yeah, right.…
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Look for Bigger, More Comfortable Airplanes at United Express
It wasn’t long ago that I was writing about how it was going to get a lot more comfortable to fly on…
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Cranky on the Web (November 19 – 23)
The EU’s Airplane Carbon Trading Program and What It Means – Conde Nast Daily Traveler I took a look at the recently-suspended…
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Topic of the Week: Your Thanksgiving Travel
Hopefully everyone is with family and enjoying their long Thanksgiving weekend here in the US. How were your travels? Any delays? Stories…
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The True Meaning of Thanksgiving 2012
To all my American readers, Happy Thanksgiving! I’m certainly thankful for all of you who came out to do some Crankyspotting in…
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JetBlue Enters Alaska’s Bread and Butter Market
The airline with the Eskimo on its tail has to be feeling a little uneasy right now after JetBlue announced it would…
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Virgin America Cuts Aircraft Orders as It Posts Another Loss
For those who are in the Phoenix area today, don’t forget that we’ll be Crankyspotting at Tempe Beach Park today from 4p…
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Cranky on the Web (November 12 – 16)
The EU’s Airplane Carbon Trading Program and What It Means – Conde Nast Daily Traveler I walk through what’s been doing on…
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Topic of the Week: What Should I Tell US Airways?
As you all know, I’ll be in Phoenix next week. (I hope you can join me on Monday from 4p to 6p…
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SAS Tries for Yet Another Turnaround
I have to admit that I have soft spot for Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). My very first trip to Europe in 1985 was…